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Introduction
 
Overview & Methodology
 
Overall Rankings
 
Summary of Results
 
THE INDICATORS
 
PART I: KNOWLEDGE JOBS
 
Information Technology Jobs

Managerial, Professional, and Technical Jobs

Workforce Education

Education Level of the Manufacturing Workforce
 
PART II: GLOBALIZATION
 
Export Focus of Manufacturing

Foreign Direct Investment
 
PART III: ECONOMIC DYNAMISM
 
"Gazelle" Jobs

Job Churning

IPOs
 
PART IV: THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
 
Online Population

Commercial Internet Domain Names

Technology in Schools

Digital Government

Online Agriculture

Online Manufacturers

Broadband Telecommunications
 
PART V: INNOVATION CAPACITY
 
High-Tech Jobs

Scientists and Engineers

Patents

Industry Investment in R&D

Venture Capital
 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
 
Data Sources
 
Weighting Methodology
 
Endnotes
 
The Author

BROWSE BY STATE: Choose State ---------- Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

PART 5: INNOVATION CAPACITY

"Patents issued have increased from 38,000 in 1984, to more than 85,000 in 2000."

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? The capacity of firms to develop new products will determine their competitive advantage and ability to pay higher wages. One indicator of the rate of new product innovation is the number of patents issued. As technological innovation has become more important, the number of patents issued per year has increased from 38,000 in 1984, to more than 85,000 in 2000.

THE RANKINGS: States with an above-average share of either high-tech corporate headquarters or R&D labs tend to score the highest. Somewhat surprisingly, Idaho leads the list, perhaps because of high-tech companies in Boise, including Micron, Novell, and Iomega. Many Northeastern states, as well as West Coast high-tech states like California and Washington, also score high.

STATES BY RANK Rank State Score 1 Idaho 1.53 2 Delaware 1.49 3 New Jersey 1.29 4 Colorado 1.21 5 California 1.20 6 Connecticut 1.13 7 New York 1.06 8 Minnesota 1.05 9 Washington 1.03 10 Maryland 1.01 11 Arizona 0.95 12 Massachusetts 0.94 13 Utah 0.85 14 Vermont 0.83 15 Texas 0.83 16 Oregon 0.81 17 Pennsylvania 0.81 18 New Mexico 0.77 19 Rhode Island 0.72 20 Michigan 0.69 21 Montana 0.67 22 Florida 0.66 23 Illinois 0.65 24 Ohio 0.57 25 Nevada 0.57 26 Iowa 0.56 27 Georgia 0.52 28 Wisconsin 0.52 29 Virginia 0.51 30 North Carolina 0.49 31 New Hampshire 0.49 32 Alaska 0.48 33 Oklahoma 0.47 34 Missouri 0.45 35 Wyoming 0.43 36 Kansas 0.42 37 Louisiana 0.41 38 North Dakota 0.39 39 Indiana 0.39 40 Hawaii 0.36 41 Nebraska 0.34 42 Tennessee 0.34 43 West Virginia 0.33 44 Maine 0.32 45 Kentucky 0.30 46 South Carolina 0.24 47 Alabama 0.24 48 Mississippi 0.21 49 Arkansas 0.21 50 South Dakota 0.13 U.S. Average 0.80

ALPHABETICALLY Rank State Score 47 Alabama 0.24 32 Alaska 0.48 11 Arizona 0.95 49 Arkansas 0.21 5 California 1.20 4 Colorado 1.21 6 Connecticut 1.13 2 Delaware 1.49 22 Florida 0.66 27 Georgia 0.52 40 Hawaii 0.36 1 Idaho 1.53 23 Illinois 0.65 39 Indiana 0.39 26 Iowa 0.56 36 Kansas 0.42 45 Kentucky 0.30 37 Louisiana 0.41 44 Maine 0.32 10 Maryland 1.01 12 Massachusetts 0.94 20 Michigan 0.69 8 Minnesota 1.05 48 Mississippi 0.21 34 Missouri 0.45 21 Montana 0.67 41 Nebraska 0.34 25 Nevada 0.57 31 New Hampshire 0.49 3 New Jersey 1.29 18 New Mexico 0.77 7 New York 1.06 30 North Carolina 0.49 38 North Dakota 0.39 24 Ohio 0.57 33 Oklahoma 0.47 16 Oregon 0.81 17 Pennsylvania 0.81 19 Rhode Island 0.72 46 South Carolina 0.24 50 South Dakota 0.13 42 Tennessee 0.34 15 Texas 0.83 13 Utah 0.85 14 Vermont 0.83 29 Virginia 0.51 9 Washington 1.03 43 West Virginia 0.33 28 Wisconsin 0.52 35 Wyoming 0.43

Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1998, 1999, and 2000 data.

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